# קרן
## Hebrew
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ק־ר־ן (q-r-n)
* 3 terms
From Proto-Semitic *ḳarn- (“horn”). Cognate with Arabic قَرْن (qarn).

#### Noun

קֶרֶן • (kéren) f (plural indefinite קרניים / קַרְנַיִם) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
* (countable, zootomy) horn (a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired)
* ray, beam (beam of light or radiation)
** 1891, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Her Eyes 5–6:קַרְנֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ הָאַחֲרוֹנוֹת / קָרְנוּ בֵּין הֶעָלִים; / כִּתְמֵי אוֹר כְּדִינְרֵי זָהָב / שֻׁפְּכוּ בֵּין הַצְּלָלִים.qarnei shemesh ha'akharonot / qarnu bein he'alim; / kitmei 'or k'dinrei zahav / shupkhu bein hats'lalimThe last sun beams / shone between the leaves; / Stains of light like dinars of gold / spilled between the shadows.
* corner
* horn, bugle (Any of several musical wind instruments.)
* (biochemistry) keratin

##### Declension

| Number | Isolated forms | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns |
| Number | State | Form | Person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Number | State | Form | Person | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| singular | indefinite | קֶרֶן | first | קַרְנִי | קַרְנִי | קַרְנֵנוּ | קַרְנֵנוּ |
| singular | definite | הַקֶּרֶן | second | קַרְנְךָ | קַרְנֵךְ | קַרְנְכֶם | קַרְנְכֶן |
| singular | construct | קֶרֶן־ | third | קַרְנוֹ | קַרְנָהּ | קַרְנָם | קַרְנָן |
| dual | indefinite | קרניים / קַרְנַיִם | first | קרניי / קַרְנַי | קרניי / קַרְנַי | קַרְנֵינוּ | קַרְנֵינוּ |
| dual | definite | הקרניים / הַקַּרְנַיִם | second | קַרְנֶיךָ | קרנייך / קַרְנַיִךְ | קַרְנֵיכֶם | קַרְנֵיכֶן |
| dual | construct | קַרְנֵי־ | third | קַרְנָיו | קַרְנֶיהָ | קַרְנֵיהֶם | קַרְנֵיהֶן |

##### Derived terms

* חַד קֶרֶן m (“unicorn”)
* עַל קֶרֶן הַצְּבִי (al kéren hats'ví)
* קֶרֶן אַלְפָה f (“alpha ray”)
* קֶרֶן בֵּיתָה f (“beta ray”)
* קֶרֶן רְחוֹב (kéren rechóv)
* קַרְנַף (karnáf)

##### See also

* שׁוֹפָר m (shofár, “horn trumpet”)

##### References

* H7161 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

#### Verb

קָרַן • (karán) (pa'al construction)
* radiate, shine
** Tanach, Exodus 34:35, with translation of the English Standard Version:וְרָאוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־פְּנֵי מֹשֶׁה כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פְּנֵי מֹשֶׁהvəraú vənḗ-yisraél et-pənḗ mošé ki qarán 'or pənḗ mošéthe people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was shining.

##### References

* Strong's

### Etymology 2

* Root
* ק־ר־ן (q-r-n)
* 3 terms

#### Noun

קֶרֶן • (kéren) f (plural indefinite קְרָנוֹת, singular construct קֶרֶן־, plural construct קַרְנוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
* the base price paid as compensation without the added penalty
From which the following terms derive
* capital, fund (money dedicated to a purpose)
* fund, foundation, principal (company or organisation dedicated to a purpose)

##### Derived terms

* קֶרֶן פֶּנְסִיָּה f (“pension fund”)
* קֶרֶן צוֹבֶרֶת f (“cumulative fund”)
* קֶרֶן עוֹמֶדֶת f (“endowment fund”)
* קֶרֶן נִסְחֶרֶת f (“exchange traded fund, ETF”)
* קֶרֶן לְהַשְׁקָעוֹת בְּנַדְלָ״ן f (“real estate investment trust, REIT”)
* קֶרֶן לְהַשְׁקָעָה בִּנְכָסִים קְבוּעֵי הַכְנָסָה f (“fixed-income fund”)
* קֶרֶן נֶאֱמָנוּת גְּמִישָׁה, קֶרֶן גְּמִישָׁה f (“flexible fund”)

#### References

* “קרן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

### Etymology 3
#### Proper noun

קֶרֶן • (keren) f
* a female given name, Karen

### Further reading

* קרן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{he}$